hypobaricadj.
/hʌɪpəʊˈbarɪk/ Medicine.
Of a solution for spinal anæsthesia: having a lower density than the cerebro-spinal fluid.
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1930 W. H. Jones in Brit. Jrnl. Anæsthesia VII. 110 I shall use the terms hyper-, iso- and hypo-baric, to describe solutions which have specific gravities greater than, equal to, or less than that of the cerebro-spinal fluid.
1971 P. C. Lund Princ. & Pract. Spinal Anesthesia vii. 300 When administering hypobaric local anesthetic solutions in large volumes..the rate of injection is relatively unimportant but the positioning very important.
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